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Excess Returns · Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Hyperscaler CapEx to Reach $1.6 Trillion in 2025, Predicts T. Rowe

Dom Rizziolan forecasts that hyperscalers' capital expenditure will accelerate into 2025, potentially reaching $1.5 to $1.6 trillion. This projection comes despite an expected moderate pricing environment for memory, driven by the attractive return on capital for these companies.

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If you look at the hyperscalers' CapEx spend, they're going to grow say 75% in 2026 to roughly $800 billion of spend.
Dom Rizziolan
I actually think we're going to see an acceleration in CapEx next year. Growing faster than the 75% growth we'll see in '26, which will put us at kind of $1.5, $1.6 trillion of CapEx for the hyperscalers.
Dom Rizziolan
And what's so amazing about that is I actually think that will happen in a relatively moderate pricing environment for memory.
Dom Rizziolan
Heard on Excess Returns — “We Asked T. Rowe's $8 Billion Tech Manager Why We Are in 1998 — And Why Software Is in Trouble, published Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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